Some background information for those who are interested;
My grandparents, both 93, lived together and in their own place until the end of July (with healthcare at home). My grandpa his health is deteriorating quickly the last few months and it became dangerous for him to be at home alone with grandma and no ‘permanent’ help/care at home.
There both still ‘sane’, no dementia but physical my grandpa can’t do much anymore. Due to the care my grandpa needs in his daily life (the healthcare/service at home is not enough for what he needs), he needed to be placed in a nursing home as quick as possible.
My grandma is to healthy, mentally and physically, to also move there (there are more ‘acute’ cases which have priority, and there is a general shortage of beds/rooms in the nursing homes here), so she is living all by herself right now in their home.
It’s a very sad situation for both of them, they never have lived apart from each other. We’re trying our best and so hard to get them together and reunited in a nursing home, but sadly all we can do at the moment is wait until there is a place for both of them in the same nursing home.
Luckily my parents and I live close by, so at least once a week we take grandma to see grandpa (and visit them separately).
I think the photo captured their happiness en love for each other perfectly, it’s a sweet moment between 2 people who have loved each other their whole lives, even tho the situation there in is sad.
Sorry for bad wording, English is not my first language.
![image showing [OC] Took my grandma to see my grandpa. Together 70 years and now separated due to health issues.](0b83c6a4-5b65-5770-a5b0-a1b59c9d221f.jpg)
Maris-Stella on August 13rd, 2022 at 21:16 UTC »
That's a trip well spent. Look at those faces. Just beautiful.
rangeo on August 13rd, 2022 at 21:33 UTC »
Sweet...looks like they are blushing a little.
Lou_Lous-Doglife on August 14th, 2022 at 09:24 UTC »
Some background information for those who are interested;
My grandparents, both 93, lived together and in their own place until the end of July (with healthcare at home). My grandpa his health is deteriorating quickly the last few months and it became dangerous for him to be at home alone with grandma and no ‘permanent’ help/care at home.
There both still ‘sane’, no dementia but physical my grandpa can’t do much anymore. Due to the care my grandpa needs in his daily life (the healthcare/service at home is not enough for what he needs), he needed to be placed in a nursing home as quick as possible.
My grandma is to healthy, mentally and physically, to also move there (there are more ‘acute’ cases which have priority, and there is a general shortage of beds/rooms in the nursing homes here), so she is living all by herself right now in their home.
It’s a very sad situation for both of them, they never have lived apart from each other. We’re trying our best and so hard to get them together and reunited in a nursing home, but sadly all we can do at the moment is wait until there is a place for both of them in the same nursing home.
Luckily my parents and I live close by, so at least once a week we take grandma to see grandpa (and visit them separately).
I think the photo captured their happiness en love for each other perfectly, it’s a sweet moment between 2 people who have loved each other their whole lives, even tho the situation there in is sad.
Sorry for bad wording, English is not my first language.